Dr Rant was highly amused by a recent comment by his chum Dr Paul Baird:
"I received my letter today, and having just seen my last patient, read it, and thought I'd give Mr Johnson a call.
His phone number is on the letter.
I spoke to a very nice chap and explained that having received Mr Johnson's letter there were a couple of things I'd like to discuss with him.
He asked me to hold and then came back on the line to say that Mr Johnson wasn't available and in fact there was no one at all at the Department of Health who could discuss this letter with me, as there is no one in the offices after 5pm.
I'm delighted that at least everyone at the DOH finishes early enough to be able to see their own GP in a normal evening surgery without the need for extended opening hours."
George Orwell would have laughed his socks off. The above has also been published in the Daily Telegraph's letters section today. Well done Paul.
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A worthy contribution to the Torygraph letters page, but it's surrounded by other letters recalling how doctors used to do all their on-call for free and repair patients' houses while they were visiting.
You just can't get the staff nowadays. :-)
It's clear that while GP's/BMA tread water on the subject of opening hours with a ridiculously measured defence, the spin meisters are onto their 10th disinformation sortie having dumped stinking ordure all over their arguments. It's a dark, lonely place out there for any person who defends GP's these days. Be it the Guardian Unlimited, Timesonline or the delightful Torygraph. In fact, Suprisingly, I'd say the "me want double-skinny-hazlenut-mocha-nowhip-extrahot", where's-my-Aston-darling Guardianistas are the most abhorrent.
It's also clear that 95% of those with a broadband connection who contribute to these discussions would love to see GP's taken out back by HMG and slowly shafted with a huge financial stick. In fact make sure it has rusty nails and splinters, darling. These selfprofessed social guardians see nothing beyond their champagne brunches and seemingly swallow everything HMG spews forth. Their uniformed, blinkered and wholly righteous criticism should be enscribed on tablets of biblical proportions, rectally inserted and then pulverised with a jackhammer. God I hate them.
That's. Better.
The spinmachine is working up to full speed. According to today's Observer/Guardian government information service, you GPs are poisoning the British people with overdoses of painkillers.
They're really going to do a number on you lot.
So why is my GP so reluctant to give me decent painkillers when I need them?
It gets better - assuming Dr. Baird called on the same day his letter was published, Postman Alan wouldn't even have been at the House of Commons. They're on half-term week, bless them.
At least our honourable members get to spend some time with their families, eh? Doubles and trebles all round.
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